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ensures that everyone has the capacity to buy food of acceptable quality.

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Accessibility

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Affordability

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Availability

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Dependability

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Solution

The correct option is B Affordability
Food security refers to the availability at all times of adequate supply of basic foodstuff.

There are three dimensions to food security: availability, affordability and accessibility. Affordability implies that individuals have enough money to buy sufficient, safe, and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs. In other words, individuals shall have the capacity to buy food of acceptable quality.

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